Download or read book The Best Practice Playbook for Animal Shelters written by Sara Pizano and published by Gatekeeper Press. This book was released on 2021-04-16 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Best Practice Playbook for Animal Shelters outlines proven best practice strategies to keep pets with their families, engage communities to action on behalf of pets in need, create responsible public policy and place pets who do enter the shelter quickly into homes or back to their original homes. This book is a 'must read' for anyone interested in recreating and supporting a compassionate animal welfare system in every community.
Download or read book Infectious Disease Management in Animal Shelters written by Lila Miller and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-11-16 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Infectious Disease Management in Animal Shelters is a comprehensive guide to preventing, managing, and treating disease outbreaks in shelters. Emphasizing strategies for the prevention of illness and mitigation of disease, this book provides detailed, practical information regarding fundamental principles of disease control and specific management of important diseases affecting dogs and cats in group living environments. Taking an in-depth, population health approach, the text presents information to aid in the fight against the most significant and costly health issues in shelter care facilities.
Download or read book Animal Behavior for Shelter Veterinarians and Staff written by Emily Weiss and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2015-07-07 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Animal Behavior for Shelter Veterinarians and Staff presents and evaluates the available research and programs that address both animal and human behaviors associated with the intake, management and rehoming of dog and cats. Introductions to dog and cat behavior relevant to any animal professional Reviews behavioral reasons for the relinquishment of dogs and cats Describes intake and assessment protocol, shelter design, training and enrichment programs that reduce stress and enhance behavioral well-being Concepts to improve the adoption process and support the human-animal bond post-adoption
Download or read book Shelter Medicine for Veterinarians and Staff written by Lila Miller and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2013-01-04 with total page 754 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shelter Medicine for Veterinarians and Staff, Second Edition is the premier reference on shelter medicine. Divided into sections on management, species-specific animal husbandry, infectious disease, animal cruelty, shelter programs, behavior, and spay/neuter, the new edition has been reformatted in a more user-friendly design with briefer chapters and information cross-referenced between chapters. Maintaining a herd health approach, new and expanded chapters address issues of husbandry, infectious disease management, behavior forensics, population management, forensic toxicology, animal cruelty and hoarding, enrichment in shelters, spay/neuter, and shelter design. Now in full color, this fully updated new edition delivers a vast array of knowledge necessary to provide appropriate and humane care for shelter animals. Veterinarians, veterinary technicians and shelter professionals will find this to be the go-to resource on the unique aspects of shelter medicine that help facilitate operating a modern, efficient, and humane shelter.
Download or read book From Shelter to Service Dog written by Rick Dillender and published by . This book was released on 2013-05 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Shelter To Service Dog is a practical guide for creating a calm, stable state of mind in your dog that allows access to rehabilitation and advanced training. The information presented here is the culmination of years of experience working with hundreds of families for various issues. This method is also the foundation of our Service Dog training programs for a wide range of disabilities, including PTSD, epilepsy, diabetes, mobility needs, autism and others. Understanding how to regulate behavior and attitudes in a dog is a fundamental part of a healthy relationship, whether adopting a new pet, training a Service Dog or working to resolve a severe behavioral issue that has been with a family for years. Shaping behavior is about understanding that dogs have needs that have to be filled for them to give stable behavior back. Once their needs are addressed, excitement, stress and anxiety can be resolved to provide access to new behaviors.
Download or read book Rescue Me written by Sandra Pfau Englund and published by Renosi, Incorporated. This book was released on 2017-11-09 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rescue Me: Your Step-by-Step Guide to Starting an Animal Rescue you learn everything you need to get your rescue off the ground. Sandy takes out the legalese, puts in the common sense, and provides practical pointers all along the way. In Rescue Me you'll learn: - Five quick steps to get your rescue off the ground - Why you need to niche your rescue for success - Step-by-step guidelines for incorporating and filing for 501(c)(3) status - The do's and don'ts for raising money legally - The state and federal rules that regulate animal welfare organizations The Rescue Me appendices provide comprehensive lists of the state laws regulating animal welfare organizations, sample animal surrender, adoption and fostering contracts, and resources for managing both your volunteers and your finances.
Download or read book Strategies for Successful Animal Shelters written by Laura A. Reese and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2018-10-30 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Strategies for Successful Animal Shelters is the first book to assess the relationship between shelter traits, activities and critical outcome variables, such as live release or save rates. This book provides a data-based evaluation of shelter processes and practices with explicit recommendations for improved shelter activities. Using a survey of licensed animal shelters, case studies, and data on state inspections, complaints, and save rates, this book provides an assessment of the activities, processes, and procedures that are most likely to lead to positive outcomes for a variety of animal shelters. The book also contributes to community debate around animal sheltering and provides best practices, methods and means to assess local shelters to ensure the highest level of animal welfare. It is a valuable resource for animal shelter professionals and rescue groups, as well as students in disciplines such as animal science, animal welfare and shelter medicine. - Offers best-practice recommendations and how they are used in animal shelters - Analyzes which shelter traits, programs and activities are most strongly associated with optimal outcomes, including live release rates - Includes an assessment of future research and activities to optimize animal welfare within shelters
Download or read book Funds to the Rescue written by Susan C. Daffron and published by Logical Expressions, Inc.. This book was released on 2009-11-05 with total page 101 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you work for a non-profit humane society or pet rescue group, you understand the importance of fundraising to your organization's long-term survival. Funds to the Rescue is written specifically for humane groups. This book saves you from wasting time as you search for new revenue streams to support your humane organization. The book begins with "The Hows and Whys of Fundraising" and follows with 101 entertaining and creative ideas. Armed with these 101 fundraising ideas, you'll never struggle to find the money you need to support your animal shelter or pet rescue again.
Download or read book Every Nose Counts written by J.M. Scarlett and published by . This book was released on 2017-04-29 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For years, animal shelters have been hearing a similar message, "You need to use your data!" But which pieces of data should be monitored? How often? And to what degree of detail? Every Nose Counts: Using Metrics in Animal Shelters is a guide book that seeks to answers these questions, and many more. It all starts with a simple question: "What are your goals?" From here, we walk you through examples of metrics you can use to track progress toward your goals. Along the way, we offer insights to help you better display your data and breakdown the math behind the metrics to help give you a deeper and broader understanding of exactly what your numbers are telling you -- and what they're not! This guidebook is geared toward anyone working in or with an animal shelter or rescue group. Shelter directors, managers, staff, and veterinarians will all glean insights. From intake to outcomes and all points in between, we aim to offer a practical, accessible approach to using data. We hope that doing so will assist you in guiding the important decisions you make every day in your work serving animals and people in your community.
Download or read book A Practical Approach to Animal Welfare Law written by Noel Sweeney and published by 5m Books Ltd. This book was released on 2017-09-08 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Historically animal law has been a piecemeal legislative process of amendments and repeals. The slow progress of the legislation has finally resulted in the introduction of the two main criminal statutes affecting animals, the Animal Welfare Act 2006 and the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991. These two statutes account for almost all offences of animal abuse in every conceivable form relating to the duty of owners and their concurrent liability and responsibility. A Practical Approach to Animal Welfare Law is designed to be informative and interesting to a broad, lay audience. It covers all aspects of those two Acts as they affect animals in our care. This book analyses the law relating to the criminal responsibility of owners and their duty of care for the welfare of their animals including injuring and killing them. The prosecution of offenders is investigated through the enforcement powers of the inspectors and the consequent sentencing by the courts. In doing so it deals with all manner of animal abuse as well as dangerous dogs and dangerous people. The relevance of each Act to the various authorities is analysed, providing a practical guide for people involved in various everyday activities with animals and their behaviour. This book is an essential reference source for those whose work involves animal law – including academics, legal practitioners, local authorities and the police. Equally it will be a valuable source for those working in animal related areas such as breeding, exhibitions and the rights and welfare of animals by charitable organisations and sanctuaries. A Practical Approach to Animal Welfare Law concludes with an analysis of the role and status of animals in English Law. There is a unique discussion on reform and the future of animal welfare and animal rights. That analysis applies to many jurisdictions on a national and international level, particularly in relation to common law countries. This is no staid law book. The warmth and compassion of the author shines through the text, as he engages the reader in this difficult subject through case reports, stories, examples, analysis and discussion. Creating an exceedingly useful, insightful and interesting resource for a broad range of animal experts, workers and owners. 5m Books
Download or read book Striking at the Roots A Practical Guide to Animal Activism written by Mark Hawthorne and published by John Hunt Publishing. This book was released on 2018-11-30 with total page 389 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A major revision of animal rights bible Striking at the Roots, referencing changes from the last 10 years including the rise of social media, which is now a key part of any campaign. The book brings together the most effective tactics for speaking out for animal rights. Activists from around the globe explain why their models of activism have been successful - and how you can become involved. Concise and full of practical examples and resources, this manual for success demonstrates how many of the world's most engaged activists effectively speak to the public, lobby policymakers, and deal with law enforcement - all while keeping their eyes on the prize of achieving victories for animals. This book will empower you to make the most of your skills. From simple leafleting to taking direct action, each chapter clearly explains where to begin, what to expect, and how to ensure your message is heard.
Download or read book Wild Neighbors written by Humane Society of the United States and published by Fulcrum Group. This book was released on 1997 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Homeowners' guide to dealing with wild animals that focuses on "nonlethal conflict resolution." Discusses 32 mammals, birds, and reptiles, giving each creature's natural history, public health concerns, problems and solutions, and additional sources.
Download or read book A Practical Guide to the Science and Practice of Afterschool Programming written by Joseph L. Mahoney and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2015-01-12 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Closing the gap between scientific research on afterschool programming and the practices occurring in these settings is the goal of this volume. Both sources of knowledge are critical to developing the afterschool workforce’s ability to provide high-quality programming. On the one hand, this means afterschool staff should not work with young people until they have been adequately prepared—which includes training in evidence-based practices—and properly supervised. On the other hand, it requires that scientists understand and study those aspects of afterschool programming most relevant to the needs of practitioners. This volume includes perspectives from the afterschool workforce, scientists who discuss the current research, and the practitioners who know how afterschool programs operate in practice. This is the 144th volume of New Directions for Youth Development, the Jossey-Bass quarterly report series dedicated to bringing together everyone concerned with helping young people, including scholars, practitioners, and people from different disciplines and professions.
Download or read book A Practical Guide for Finding Interventions That Work for Autistic People written by Susan M. Wilczynski and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2024-07-29 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Practical Guide for Finding Interventions that Work for Autistic People: Diversity Affirming Evidence-Based Practice, second edition, provides a socially valid, culturally sensitive, and person-centered resource to aid practitioners in guiding the selection of effective interventions. By providing multiple illustrative examples, practitioners will learn to use their professional judgment to integrate the best available evidence with client values and context. The second edition includes new chapters on diversity affirmation and cultural adaptations of interventions, quality of life, self-determination, guided decision-making, and ethics as foundational skills for identifying effective, socially valid interventions that are delivered with compassion and assent/consent. - Presents a detailed description of the diversity-affirming evidence-based practice decision-making model - Offers a framework that helps practitioners integrate the best available evidence with client values and context - Demonstrates how to culturally adapt interventions and center decision-making on the client - Guides practitioners through the process of assessing intervention outcomes that fit with client values and contextual variables - Provides numerous concrete examples involving Autistic people holding many intersecting identities
Download or read book The PETA Practical Guide to Animal Rights written by Ingrid Newkirk and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2009-05-26 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With more than two million members and supporters, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) is the world's largest animal-rights organization, and its founder and president, Ingrid Newkirk, is one of the most well-known and most effective activists in America. She has spearheaded worldwide efforts to improve the treatment of animals in manufacturing, entertainment, and elsewhere. Every day, in laboratories, food factories, and other industries, animals by the millions are subjected to inhumane cruelty. In this accessible guide, Newkirk teaches readers hundreds of simple ways to stop thoughtless animal cruelty and make positive choices. For each topic, Newkirk provides hard facts, personal insight, inspiration, ideas, and resources, including: • How to eat healthfully and compassionately • How to adopt animals rather than support puppy mills • How to make their vote count and change public opinion • How to switch to cruelty-free cosmetics and clothing • How to choose amusements that protect rather than exploit animals. With public concern for the well-being of animals greater than ever—particularly among young people—this timely, practical book offers exciting and easy ways to make a difference.
Download or read book A Practical Guide to Recovery Oriented Practice Tools for Transforming Mental Health Care written by Larry Davidson and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book takes the lofty vision of "recovery" and of a "life in the community" for every adult with a mental illness promised by the U.S. President's New Freedom Commission and shows the reader what is entailed in making this vision a practical reality for people with mental illnesses and their families.
Download or read book Animal Behavior for Shelter Veterinarians and Staff written by Brian A. DiGangi and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2022-06-01 with total page 708 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive resource to understand the behavioral considerations for intake, management, and rehoming of dogs and cats Animal Behavior for Shelter Veterinarians and Staff provides readers with comprehensive information addressing the behavior of both animals and humans associated with the intake, management, and rehoming of dogs and cats. To aid in practical application, the book covers specific behavior considerations in both dogs and cats. Topics are separated by animal to allow for easy accessibility by professionals who are actively working in the field. Sample topics covered within the book include: The behavior issues that are a common cause of pet relinquishment Behavioral assessment, behavior modification, the integration of behavioral well-being into sheltering Welfare assessment, psychopharmacology, safety net programs, and caring for animals during long-term legal holds Equine care and caring for small mammals Animal Behavior for Shelter Veterinarians and Staff is a must-have reference for evidence-based practical tips, techniques, and protocols for everyday use in animal shelters by shelter volunteers and staff, as well as professional trainers, behaviorists, and veterinarians working with shelters.
